Wire fence



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J. O. PERRY.

WIRE FENCE No. 588,774. Patented Aug. 24,1897.

L d l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOIIN C. PERRY, OF JOLIET, ILLINOIS.

w|RE FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 588,774, dated August24, 1897.

Application filed February 10, 1897. Serial No. 6221734- (N0 m m To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN C. PERRY, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at J oliet, in the county of fill and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in WireFences, of which the following is a specificatiou,reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawings, and the letters of referencethereon, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figures 1' to8, inclusive, are views of various types of barbed 'wire, representingthe barbs attached to the strand wire or wires by means of electricwelding.

This invention relates to certain improvements in wire fences, whereinbarbs are attached to strand-wires by means of electric welding, whichimprovements are fully set forth and described in the followingspecification and pointed out in the claim.

The object of this invention is to permanently attach the barbs to thestrand-wires of the fence,and, further, to economize in the use of wire.

Other types of barbed wire not necessary to be illustrated are as wellincluded in this invention.

Referring to said drawings, A represents the strand-wire, either singleor cabled, and- B the barbs attached to said strands.

Fig. 1 represents a straight piece of barbed wire welded to asingle-strand wire; Fig. 2, a

barb coiled about a single-strand wire; Figs. 3, 4, and 5, a barbattached to either a single or cabled strand by means of a plate orstrip 0, placed against the strand at the side opposite the barb andwelded to the barb through points indicated at w 'w in Fig. 4. Fig. 6represents either straight or coiled barbs attached to a cabled strand;Fig. 7, a cabled strand having one wire thereof smaller than its fellowwire and with straight barbs welded to the smaller wire, in whichconstruction the wires of the strand may be hard and the strength of thelarger wire not impaired by being annealed at the points of attachingbarbs, as would be the result should the welding of the barbs be made tosaid larger wire; and Fig. 8 represents the manner in which electrodes Fand G grasp the barbs and strand-wires during the time of welding.

Any suitable means may be employed for operating the electrodes.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

A fence wire having barbs electrically welded thereto, substantially asset forth.

J oliet, Illinois, February 8, 1897.

JOHN C. PERRY.

